Washington Redskins safety Landon Collins remains as sour as ever more than a year removed from his exit in East Rutherford, taking unnecessary swipes at New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman and running back Saquon Barkley during a Twitter Q&A on Tuesday.
Asked if he’d rather be quarantined with Gettleman during the coronavirus pandemic or send his kids to rival college LSU, the Alabama alumni unquestionably chose the latter.
Giants fans were quick to pepper Collins with questions about tight end Kaden Smith, who beat the safety for two touchdowns in a Week 16 game last year — the same game where things got a little physical — leading to a bit of a block-fest.
However, Collins was provided the opportunity to tip his cap to former teammate Saquon Barkley but punted, saying Ezekiel Elliott is the best running back in football, not Barkley.
For good measure, Collins also took a shot at Giants fans and the entire Tri-state area.
It’s obvious that things did not end the way Collins would have liked in New York, but that’s just the nature of the business sometimes. The Giants weren’t looking to pay a substantial amount of money for a one-dimensional safety and Collins wasn’t willing to give them a discount.
However that played out behind the scenes we’ll never know, but it’s clearly something that doesn’t sit well with Collins to this day.
